you know where you're a max series. like terms of anything i love you even once you once again 6 in let's say it's like me life is 15 nations or 50 stories and 53 personal tips on berlin's very busy. looking at the land every week on t.w. . the recent vote in india the world's biggest democracy was stopped the election in america it has been said that trump would never have become president without the help of facebook and in germany and the run up to the european parliament election well on you tube i posted a video railing against the conservative c.d.u. party it dominated the final days of its complaint what effects to social media

have on the market see you tube facebook and co threatening free society our topic on shift today. 2.6000000000 people worldwide use facebook instagram a what's app at least once a day i know i do social platforms actually the main place where many teenagers get their news but it's important to take sources and facts because especially in social media it's often unclear where a post comes from what comes up on our news feed isn't random facebook and poll carefully tailored content to individuals interests and tastes the companies have a profile on every user each time we click on something we leave clues about our likes and dislikes and our profiles get more and more detailed so if you think you're in full control of what you see online. i'm afraid that you're mistaken.

also show media companies make money with affectively placed ads that are individually tailored to user profiles they know what kind of car users drive who's just had a baby and who is planning a world trip so called micro-targeting can sway a user without them even noticing politicians also target their constituents but online it's often hard to recognize political ads. in them cannot embark on the margin of an election is narrow with just a few votes tipping the scale like what just happened in michigan and wisconsin it's all about mobilizing every last voter a solid data analysis can make a political communication strategy more effective than us perfect. this is where social media profiles become a tool for focusing campaign ads car drivers want lower fuel costs young parents want safer neighborhoods and someone planning a world trip is probably well off and would be happy if taxes were lower targeting

ads have long played an important role in campaigning. micra toward micro-targeting is constantly developing for george w. bush is that during his 2004 campaign as it obama in 2008 and hillary clinton and donald trump and 2016. now you could argue that my kids are getting is a good thing for instance i don't own a car so i don't care about new car at all. but what if that makes an algorithm think i'm not interested in any car related news what about exhaust fumes on you immobility technologies but knowledge is power and people should be able to choose what information they access plus they should be provided balance views on social media this is often not the case like on twitter where a far right german minority repeatedly manages to skew discussions.

this is how it goes so in post and news item saying that mohammed is the most popular name in germany's capital berlin. different nation goes viral on social media and takes on new meaning with far right users saying confirms their fear that germany has been flooded by foreigners. according to a new study almost half of the items posted in social media platforms lean towards the extreme right and yet only 10 percent of users belong to extreme right parties . defies the danger is that posts that reflect people's anger create even more anger which then ends up in establishing. this happened after a far right politician had posted another news item and disparage the fact that there was no how loud version of a famous swiss chocolate prepared according to the precepts of islam. the post was shared thousands of times and even turned up in serious daily papers. in this

case social media helped far right politicians spread their worldview. social media play an important role in political discourse and uses and politicians alike need to know how to handle that one great example for how not to handle things is what happened in germany in the run up to the european parliament election result as 1600000 followers and is known for his political commentary you normally find in rapping or telling jokes but shortly before the election he posted a video that quickly went viral a modified politicians and a blistering tirade reso dismembered germany's largest conservative party the c.d.u. of course they were not amused but well the party's reaction to the video really showed was most german politicians. still don't know how to deal with social media

does the internet is still uncharted territory for us my favorite quote by merkel what's it like in your country are your politicians also still overwhelmed with the internet the fed and is this your review i'm going to show how city you politicians live how they like basic skills for their job how they make policies against expert opinion that they've participated in war crimes and how they used propaganda and misinformation against younger generations you will get out soon strong words followed by an awkward aftermath the c.d.u. responded to the you tube video with a p.d.f. 11 pages long and then the party's leader called for rules for digital spaces defied the status question is clear if you consider populism what rules do we apply in the analog sphere and which rules apply to digital spaces if you think you can turn down and critics say this means to your party supports online censorship but reso did exactly what daily newspaper commentators would do his stated his opinion

paradoxically politicians then began discussing whether results commons warrant being discussed at all quite a foolhardy approach meanwhile the online community began discussing what's reso has not how he had said it is video was shared commented the sector and praised most content related to bed took place online without politicians german politicians have a lot to catch up on i think it's definitely better to join a conversation and to censor it controlling social media and restricting freedom of expression already exists in china social media is much more a part of everyday life over 800000000 people logged on each day but the government closely monitors what users do with their. international social media companies grew immensely over the past decade but into. westen platforms are not used the

country has its own. instead of facebook you tube and what we chat scene away and you. digital activists see out here and give some insight as to why. a bunch of those chinese companies are the promise of the government they harbor compasses to censor and control our online contacts so they will not they will listen to the government or they were actually preemptively deleting lot of accountants before the internet police even take a look chinese social media providers monitor their own platforms and censorship is getting stricter shopping and browsing are permitted but content which could shed public political opinion is closely sense it and anyone who directly criticizes the chinese government faces harsh sanctions like the shanghai told by human rights

defenders sentenced to 19 years imprisonment he had criticised beijing's persecution of weaker muslims his messages were used as evidence against him in court after the arab spring government that's where they really felt. threatened. so any information or any activities you see in the social media to correlate the collective action to express that kind of political opinion is under a severe punishment. government has largely succeeded in eliminating the topics of data protection and privacy from public debate privacy is no discussion in china because the government preventing such a large scale discussion in civil society for ordinary chinese consumers they have no option this is how china has created a system in which social media does not promote democracy. but what about. countries without the same centralized censorship as china

a social media more neutral and reliable they're. a safe place for political opinions let's look at south america uses their can access any social platform they like and they do often 246000000 people use facebook and co at least once a day in south america far more than that in the us or you so it's not surprising that social media has a big impact on political opinion but it seems state interference is also a problem. whalen human rights activist majano. explains that the american government biggest been the source of mis information and this happens with governments with political forces also from opposition parties within the committee and also of course with big media conglomerates but they have the broadest aspects of this information thing that can prompt society. digital rights activists

marianna dia's anomalies says that a new left in america governments do not censor social media but that does not mean freedom of speech is under threat. governments are you seeing there it's cues for storing revelations about hate speech and information the sort of there's a way. of being in the government to decide what counts as fake news and hate speech no evidence required in effect this allows them to regulate social media content. for instance if you say something about the press that implies that you sort of the paid the president can be hate speech then it becomes a political thing and that's not what hate speech about hate speech about for some part was protecting. critical opinions convinced simply be dismissed as hate speech or misinformation and the government monitoring what should be a free space in this way can keep politicians in power while undermining. the

principle of democracy social media and democracy difficult topic can social media strengthen democracy on the positive side social platforms make it quick and easy for anyone to exchange ideas join discussions and gather information they can actively take part in political debate on the negative side companies and politicians are controlling what's cons and receipt micro-targeting makes it easier to manipulate people than ever before right wing populist can skew public debate by constantly bringing their topics to the forefront of our discussions to us governments like china a monitoring and limiting activity what do you think is social media helping or hurting democracy i love exchange as long as we stay aware that facebook and call don't offer a balanced view and you can find more digital topics on our you tube channel see you there i buy.

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always the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. go up should who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on seeing the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work a day thousands. of . blithely being insulted spat on or sworn at is a daily occurrence it's just part of the job in certain. markets mina and to b.s. for their work as paramedics. for the un paid off.

at the workers' samaritan federation's paramedic station and often more and more of the workers are confronted with similar experiences to being attacked on the job but vividly and physically. they just keep calm we were only trying to help them. at 6 30 pm to be as full as shift is about to begin. he's a paramedic in training a 12 hour shift lies ahead of him and his trainer. they've got some pepper spray with them officially to fend off aggressive animals. today is saturday not a very popular shift. have long weekends or often i hold out more at night

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